Glenn Ligon Movies

  • 2021
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    6.92021HD

    An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • 2008
    The Death of Tom

    The Death of Tom

    The Death of Tom

    02008HD

    For this project Ligon originally intended to re-create the last scene of a 1903 silent film adaptation of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin from...

    The Death of Tom
  • 2020
    Aggie

    Aggie

    Aggie

    12020HD

    An exploration of the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund who sold Roy...

    Aggie
  • 2019
    America

    America

    America

    5.22019HD

    A cinematic omnibus rooted in New Orleans, challenging the idea of black cinema as a "wave" or "movement in time," proposing instead a continuous...

    America
  • 2023
    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    82023HD

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben